"FlashPath"

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How readily available are they?

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Here's one if you want to try it. No idea how regularly they show up. Not even that sure how I found mine, or where it is now :?:

the FlashPath which would need a custom driver written for it

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I suppose so - the 64k ROM Macs won't take 1.4MB floppies in the first place, will they?

it seems to me we are closer than ever and need look no further than the John Bass solution / a completely engineered solution / has value as a SCSI interface / including potentially using an EN/SC adapter / If "somebody" were going to put any time into this project / this would be the one to focus on.

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I agree wholeheartedly that this is the most promising starting point:

The parts for this venture are few. The MacSCSI host adapter consists of four parts*: an NCR5380 single chip SCSI interface, two 74LS10s to provide the address decodes, and a 50 pin header for the SASI/SCSI cable

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*emphasis mine
Indeed it opens the way for the various SCSI to xxx storage solutions, including perhaps ordering the ACARD SCSIDE chips and buiding it all on a single board. And given the fact that it uses only two read/write memory locations, and the available source code listing, perhaps it can even be a starting point for a direct flash drive interface.

I was just throwing suggestions out there for anyone who might be interested to follow up on. It's not my place or yours to prescribe or proscribe what "someone" might want to work on, and I apologise if my wording implied any disparagement of this solution.